'Catching Fire' Director Previews New Scenes

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The 2013 Cannes Film Festival played host to the cast and crew of Catching Fire, and at a party celebrating the sequel, the cast opened up in Stella Artois' Cannes Connoisseur Series about the new movie and what fans can expect!


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"Lots of new stuff -- new cast members, new action, a new arena and a fantastic story," new Hunger Games franchise director Francis Lawrence said. He also revealed that while almost nothing has been excised during the book-to-script transition, fans can expect some entirely new scenes!

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"There's very little that’s been taken out -- there's some additional scenes with some of the characters," he says, specifically citing new moments between Plutarch (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) and President Snow (played by Donald Sutherland).


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As for how this film compares to The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence reveals, "Visually, it's a lot bigger this time. We get a little deeper into The Capital as Katniss is trying to get her life back together."

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